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Jon Swales
Jan 53 min read
Enacting the Kingdom in World of Collapse
The incarnation—the advent and arrival of the God-Man, Jesus—unfolded in a time of escalating turmoil, as the Jewish nation hurtled...
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Jon Swales
Jan 33 min read
Climate Breakdown & Cruciform Adaptation: A New Video Teaching Series
'Climate Breakdown and Cruciform Adaptation' is a hard-hitting, prophetic follow-on course to 'Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World
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Jon Swales
Dec 14, 20245 min read
Advent Three: A Meditation and Prayer for a World in Crisis
As we find ourselves within the sacred season of Advent, we are drawn into a holy space—a space of quiet reflection, deep longing, and...
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Jon Swales
Nov 30, 20243 min read
Advent One: A Reflection for a World in Crisis
Advent is a season that speaks to the heart of our broken world. It is a time of holy tension, where lament and hope intertwine. The...
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Jon Swales
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Climate Breakdown & the Banality of Evil
A great evil is sweeping across the land. I know this sounds apocalyptic, even excessive, but how else can we describe a system that...
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Jon Swales
Nov 8, 20245 min read
Isaiah’s Prophetic Challenge: Wealth, Injustice, and the Kingdom of God
“ God calls for order in the court, hauls the leaders of his people into the dock: “You’ve played havoc with this country.Your houses are...
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Jon Swales
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World of Climate Breakdown (Teaching Videos)
The science is clear. We are living in a warming world due to fossil fuel emissions. The world’s most vulnerable are already suffering...
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Jon Swales
Aug 22, 20244 min read
An Urgent Open Letter to Church Leaders: Confronting Climate Breakdown with Prophetic Boldness
Dear Church Leader, I write to you with an urgent plea. The hour is late, the clock is ticking, and our world teeters on the edge. The...
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Jon Swales
Aug 20, 20243 min read
The Task of the Prophet
The science is unequivocal – we find ourselves at a critical juncture in history. At this hinge of history, we need prophets who,...
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Jon Swales
Jun 2, 20242 min read
A Nagging, Gnawing Feeling of Dread
I’m sitting in my garden, soaking up the sun, thinking and pondering. All seems well. But there's still that nagging, gnawing feeling of...
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Jon Swales
Apr 1, 20243 min read
Echoes of Redemption
Click the picture above to access the book. Endorsements for my last book ‘Lament & Hope’. ‘We need Jon Swales at this time – pastor,...
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Jon Swales
Mar 15, 20247 min read
The Eagle and the Lamb
The dual myths of unrestrained capitalism and consumerism articulate an ideological empire that tells us that this is the way things...
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Jon Swales
Feb 5, 20243 min read
Ash Wednesday Liturgy for a Climate & Ecological Emergency
Almighty God, The Creator of All that is, You created us from the dust of the earth, And breathed upon us and gave us the gift of life....
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Jon Swales
Feb 5, 20240 min read
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Jon Swales
Jan 23, 20242 min read
Reality Matters
"Humanity faces a difficult truth: climate change is making our planet uninhabitable," - Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General. "If you...
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Jon Swales
Jan 6, 20242 min read
The Wild Ride: Love in a World of Climate Breakdown
In the midst of this wild ride called climate breakdown, a sort of prelude to a societal shakeup, our once-familiar carbon-heavy world is...
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Jon Swales
Dec 5, 20234 min read
Beyond Business as Usual: Enacting the Kingdom in a World of Injustice
Throughout his earthly ministry, Jesus proclaimed, performed, embraced, and enacted the Kingdom of God. He preached, ‘The Kingdom of God...
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Jon Swales
Nov 18, 20232 min read
Myths and the Need for Ecological Conversion
We find ourselves entangled in a fairy tale, woven from deep-seated myths that serve as the underpinning of our political and economic...
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Jon Swales
Oct 31, 20234 min read
Justice, Peace and Reconciliation: An Audio Course
(This post will be updated with more content in the coming weeks) This dynamic course aims to equip the church to engage the...
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Jon Swales
Sep 23, 20234 min read
Dear Leeds Citizen
Dear Leeds Citizen, I am writing this open letter to you out of concern for the future of our city and its citizens. In one sense, this...
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